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1 online resource (600 pages) |
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Cover Page; Encephalitis Diagnosis and Treatment; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; INTRODUCTION; NOT ALL "CONFUSION" IS ENCEPHALOPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NONINFECTIOUS MIMICS OF ENCEPHALITIS; NONVIRAL INFECTIOUS MIMICS OF ENCEPHALITIS; CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF TREATABLE ACUTE VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 1 Clinical Approach in Encephalitis; INTRODUCTION; ENCEPHALOPATHIC STATES IN EPILEPSY PATIENTS; EPILEPTIC CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ENCEPHALOPATHY; UTILITY OF THE EEG IN ENCEPHALOPATHY; TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY IN ENCEPHALITIC CONDITIONS |
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SYSTEM-SPECIFIC CARECONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 5 Critical Care Management of Encephalitis; INTRODUCTION; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; NEUROPATHOGENS; DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUSES; POLIOMYELITIS; ARBOVIRUSES; [alpha] VIRUSES; FLAVIVIRUS; BUNYAVIRUSES; AVIAN INFLUENZA A (H5N1); CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 6 Viral Encephalitis-Background, Arboviruses, and Enteroviruses; INTRODUCTION; WEST NILE VIRUS; CLINICAL OUTCOME AND SEQUELAE; PREVENTION; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE; REFERENCES; 7 West Nile Virus; INTRODUCTION; MICROBIOLOGY; CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 8 Tick-Borne Encephalitis |
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INTRODUCTIONALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; BETAHERPESVIRINAE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; REFERENCES; 9 Herpesvirus Encephalitis; INTRODUCTION; MICROBIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 10 Rabies; INTRODUCTION; TREATMENT OF HIV; CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV/AIDS; NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE EARLY IN HIV INFECTION; CELLULAR TROPISM OF HIV; CNS DISEASE LATE IN HIV INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURES OF ADC; PATHOGENESIS OF HIV ENCEPHALITIS AND ADC; CHANGING EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADC WITH HAART; FOCAL BRAIN DISEASE IN HIV INFECTED INDIVIDUALS; CLINICAL FEATURES |
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PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHYCYTOMEGALOVIRUS; TUBERCULOSIS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION SYNDROME AND THE CNS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 11 HIV-Associated Brain Disease; INTRODUCTION; LYME DISEASE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 12 Spirochetal Infections of the Nervous System; INTRODUCTION; AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS; CYSTICERCOTIC ENCEPHALITIS; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MALARIA ENCEPHALITIS; STRONGYLOIDES ENCEPHALITIS; TOXOPLASMA ENCEPHALITIS; TRYPANOSOMA ENCEPHALITIS; REFERENCES; 13 Encephalitis Due to Parasites; INTRODUCTION; NEUROBRUCELLOSIS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 14 Neurobrucellosis |
| Summary |
Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain, usually brought on by a viral infection, and currently poses a grave threat to patients around the world. With the migration of West Nile virus into North America, there is a greater awareness and corresponding need to understand, diagnose and manage these now more common brain disorders. Within this text international experts will discuss advances in diagnostic tools, as well as therapeutic approaches that allow the clinician to better recognize and treat patients afflicted with encephalitis |
| Bibliography |
REFERENCES2 Encephalitis, Encephalopathy, and Epilepsy; INTRODUCTION; DIAGNOSIS; COMMON MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS OF ENCEPHALITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; SPIROCHETES (TREPONEMA, LEPTOSPIRA, AND BORRELIA) ; PARASITIC INFECTIONS; VIRAL INFECTIONS; PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALITIS; REFERENCES; 3 Neuropathology of Encephalitis; INTRODUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION METHODOLOGY; VIRAL SEROLOGY; ENCEPHALITIS ETIOLOGIES IDENTIFIED WITH EXPANDED TEST PANELS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 4 Molecular and Serologic Methods for Diagnosis of Encephalitis; INTRODUCTION; IMMEDIATE CONCERNS |
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Encephalitis -- Diagnosis
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Encephalitis -- Treatment
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781420013979 |
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1420013971 |
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